On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:32:49 -0700 (PDT), maxim wexler wrote: > That min-install I was talking about failed due to > lack of disk space. I'm trying to install on a 3.2G > drive. Partitions are : > / of 1.47G ext2 > /home 1.1G ext2 > 500M swap > 100M /boot reiserfs > > I was going to use this disk to help diagnose/repair > the 120G which is down. I guess I don't really need a > /home dir. Is there someway to free up some space on > /home and make it available to /?
Are they adjacent partitions with / first? If so, delete both partitions in cfdisk (which not mounted) and create a single partition in the same place. When you reboot, /home will have disappeared and / will be the same size. then resize / to the full size of the partition using the appropriate tool for whichever filesystem it uses; resize2fs, resize_reiserfs, xfs_growfs etc. You can probably also do the whole job by booting Knoppix and using qtparted. Moving /tmp or /var/tmp to /home may help, but then you'll probably run out of space there while / has plenty. When space is tight, a single partition makes a lot of sense. I wouldn't even bother with /boot in such a case. > I'd hate to have to > wipe the disk and start over; it took about two days > straight to download all the files at 2.8K over the > phone line! What sort of modem are you using, an acoustic coupler? !!! ;-) -- Neil Bothwick Is it a bigger crime to rob a bank or to open one?
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